Bogdan Matican
About Bogdan Matican
Bogdan Matican serves as the Senior Director of Engineering at Yugabyte, where he leads the Distributed Storage and Transactions group. He has a background in software engineering, having previously worked at Facebook Inc and held academic positions at Jacobs University Bremen.
Work at Yugabyte
Bogdan Matican serves as the Senior Director of Engineering at Yugabyte, a position he has held since 2016. In this role, he leads the Distributed Storage and Transactions group, focusing on the lower half of the distributed database architecture. His work has been pivotal in the development of an open source, high performance, globally distributed SQL database. Matican has also contributed to the community by presenting a talk on YugabyteDB Sharding Strategies on January 21, 2022.
Previous Experience at Facebook Inc
Matican has held multiple positions at Facebook Inc. He began as a Software Engineering Intern in 2011 for three months in Palo Alto, CA. He returned to Facebook as a Software Engineering Intern again in 2012 for another three months. Following his internships, he worked as a Software Engineer from 2014 to 2015 in Menlo Park, CA, for one year.
Academic Background
Matican studied at Jacobs University Bremen, where he earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science from 2009 to 2012. He continued his education at the University of Cambridge, obtaining a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Computer Science from 2012 to 2013. Additionally, he worked at Jacobs University Bremen as a Research Student from 2009 to 2010 and as a Teaching Assistant from 2010 to 2012.
Research and Teaching Experience
At Jacobs University Bremen, Matican contributed to the academic environment as a Teaching Assistant for two years, from 2010 to 2012. He also engaged in research as a Research Student for a total of 11 months from 2009 to 2010 and for an additional two years from 2010 to 2012. His roles involved supporting faculty and assisting students in their academic pursuits.